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"We Shape Our Buildings"
"On the night of May 10, 1941, with one of the
last bombs of the last serious raid, our House of
Commons was destroyed by the violence of the enemy,
and we have now to consider whether we should build it
up again,and how, and when. We shape our buildings,
and afterwards our buildings shape us. Having dwelt
and served for more than forty years in the late
Chamber, and having derived very great pleasure and
advantage therefrom, I, naturally, should like to see
it restored in all essentials to its old form,
convenience and dignity."
-WSC, 28 October 1943 to the House of Commons
(meeting in the House of Lords).
Notes: The old House of Commons was rebuilt in 1950 in
its old form, remaining insufficient to seat all its
members. Churchill was against "giving each member a
desk to sit at and a lid to bang" because, he
explained, the House would be mostly empty most of the
time; whereas, at critical votes and moments, it would
fill beyond capacity, with members spilling out into
the aisles, in his view a suitable "sense of crowd and
urgency."
I am off, have to go to work, thank God for your
mailboxes!!
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